Nicholas Rinaldi
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Nicholas Rinaldi is an American
poet
and novelist. Rinaldi is the author of three novels and three collections of poetry. His poems and fiction have won numerous awards, and he was recently honored as the 2007 Artist of the Year by the Fairfield Arts Council.
Rinaldi earned a doctorate from Fordham University
and currently teaches courses in literature and creative writing at Fairfield University
in Fairfield, Connecticut
. He lives in Bridgeport, Connecticut
with his wife Jackie, a literary critic. They have four children.
United States
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Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and novelist. Rinaldi is the author of three novels and three collections of poetry. His poems and fiction have won numerous awards, and he was recently honored as the 2007 Artist of the Year by the Fairfield Arts Council.
Rinaldi earned a doctorate from Fordham University
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
and currently teaches courses in literature and creative writing at Fairfield University
Fairfield University
Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university located in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the...
in Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...
. He lives in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
with his wife Jackie, a literary critic. They have four children.
Poetry collections
- The Resurrection of the Snails (1977, J F Blair, ISBN 0-89587-002-9)
- We Have Lost Our Fathers (1982, University Press of FloridaUniversity Press of FloridaThe University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing arm of the State University System of Florida representing all eleven universities, and is charged by the Florida Board of Governors with publishing books of intellectual distinction and significance, books that contribute to improving the...
, ISBN 0-8130-0692-9) - The LuftwaffeLuftwaffeLuftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
in Chaos (1985 Negative Capability Press, ISBN 0-9425-4404-8)
Novels
- Bridge Fall Down (1985) — (St Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-09550-3)
- The Jukebox Queen of MaltaThe Jukebox Queen of MaltaThe Jukebox Queen of Malta is the second novel by American author Nicholas Rinaldi, first published in 1999 by Bantam Press.-Plot introduction:...
(1999) — (BantamBantam PressBantam Press is an imprint of Transworld Publishers which is a British publishing division of Random House.It is based on Uxbridge Road in Ealing near Ealing Broadway station, the same address as Transworld....
, ISBN 0-593-04420-7) - Between Two RiversBetween Two RiversBetween Two Rivers is the third novel by American author Nicholas Rinaldi, first published in 2004 by Harper Collins. It consists of several intertwining stories concerning the residents of Echo Park, a fictitious Battery Park condominium and its Romanian concierge, Farro Fescu...
(2004) — (HarperCollinsHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, ISBN 0-06-057876-9)